Strong and gusty northwest to north winds buffeted sections of Southern California. Wind gusts up to 69 MPH were reported.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS LOX wrote it up.
Strong and gusty northwest to north winds buffeted sections of Southern California. Wind gusts up to 69 MPH were reported.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Los Angeles, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 11, 7:17 AM PST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 high wind, 1 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong northwest winds generated a dust storm across the Antelope Valley. Highway 14 from Avenue I to Avenue A was closed for three hours. Visibility was reduced to zero miles in blowing dust and sand.
Strong and gusty northwest to north winds impacted the mountains of Los Angeles county. Some peak wind gusts include: Warm Springs (gust 69 MPH), Camp Nine (gust 60 MPH) and Sandberg (gust 60 MPH).
Strong and gusty northwest to north winds impacted the Antelope Valley. Some peak wind gusts include: Palmdale (gust 60 MPH) and Sky Vista Terrace (gust 58 MPH).
Strong and gusty northwest to north winds impacted the Santa Clarita Valley. The RAWS sensor at Saugus reported wind gusts around 64 MPH.
Strong and gusty northwest winds impacted Santa Cruz and Anacapa Islands. Automated sensors on Santa Cruz Island reported wind gusts of 59-65 MPH.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2021Every state in 2021This day in weather historyWarnings in California, October 2021
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 991005, 990993, 990994, 990995, 990996.